How to Program Points of Interest into Your GPS

Having a GPS unit in your car is invaluable when you're vacationing or driving in unfamiliar cities; you can program the receiver to locate interesting places, landmarks, restaurants and hotels. Here's how to program points of interest into your GPS.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• GPS unit

1. Draw up a list of specific points of interest for your trip. For example, list monuments, museums, restaurants, hotels, service stations and even ATMs.
2. On your GPS unit, select the city and key in a specific address or establishment name. Some GPS systems use the “Predictive Text” function, which will immediately show location matches for well-known locations after you key in only a few letters.
3. Wait for the system to analyze the data. Depending on the GPS program in your unit, time will vary on how long it takes to produce results. The GPS system first looks at your current location in its preinstalled road map. After that, it calculates the quickest route to your destination.
4. Verify the results that appear in the search. There might be some confusion here, especially if the shop or restaurant you're looking for has several branches within the city. In that case, key in specific branches.
5. Wait for the directions to upload. It should only take seconds since most GPS gadgets today have fast microprocessors to analyze the data.

Tips & Warnings

• The voice output for results are presented in two different ways on GPS units: by printing the directions on the screen or “telling” you the directions via voice-prompt feature.
• Not all GPS program systems are reliable and current, so read reviews before making a purchase. Ask your car's manufacturer about the brand of GPS navigator they recommend for their vehicles.

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